Buckle



(510 Model.)

- J. W. SMITH.

BUCKLE.

No. 298,511. Patented May 13, 1884-.

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JOSEPH WILLIAM SMlTH, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,511, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed March 9.4. 1884.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPH WILLIAM SMITH, ofNewton, in the county of Hiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and. useful Improvement in Buckles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for securing the endsof straps or webbings to buckles or the like.

My invention consists in a metal plate having teeth formed on one edge,and adapted, when passed through" a strap or webbing, to be bent backover the strap and the central part of the plate, and to be covered bybending back the other edge of the plate, in combination with aconnecting-shank, as hereinafter described, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which illustrate various applications of myimproved fastening, and in which Figure 1 shows my fastening made fromthe crossbar of a buckle. Fig. 2 shows it made from the middle bar of aslide. Fig. 3 shows a double-ended fastening. Fig. 4 shows the fasteningadapted for a wire buckle. Fig. 5 is an end view showing the toothededge and plane edge of the plate bent up, and Fig. 6 shows a fasteningsecured to the end of a web- Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing myfastening attached to a wire buckle.

The plate A is formed with teeth a on one edge, the length of the teethbeing approximately one-third the width of the plate A. The other edge aof the plate is left plain,and it, as well as the teeth, are bent upabout at right angles to the central part of the plate A. The teeth arethen passed through the strap or webbing, to be secured at the properdis- (No model.)

tance from the end, and are bent down or clinched over the end of thestrap or webbing, thereby securing it firmly to the central part of theplate A. The whole is then finished by bending back and forcing downonto the teeth the bent-up part of the edge a. The fastening thus madeis very firm and secure, and presents a smooth, neatly-finishedexterior. The width cfthe bent-up part of the plain edge ais indicatedby dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and is preferably such that whenit is bent down over and parallel with the central part of the plate,its edge will come flush with the bend in the teeth where they passthrough the strap, and are bent back over its end. Shanks a serve toconnect the fastening to the buckle or slide. The connecting-shanks aalso form the side bars of the buckler or slides. The teeth a mayobviously be struck up from the central part of the plate, instead ofprojecting from its edge, and thereby make some saving in stock. It isbetter, however, to form the teeth as shown in the drawings, and therebykeep the central part of the plate intact.

I-claim as my invention A fastening for securing the ends of straps orwebbings to buckles or the like, consisting of a plate having one edgeprovided with teeth, adapted to bend back over the central part of theplate, and its other edge plain and adapted to fold back and cover theteeth when bent back over the central part of the plate, in combinationwith a connecting-shank, a, substantial] y as set forth.

JOS. WM. SMITH.

Witnesses:

W. A. COPELAND, JOHN It. SNOW.

